The Israeli army launched a deadly raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank

The Israeli army launched a deadly raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank

The Israeli army has ended a two-day operation in the Nur al-Shams refugee camp near Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank, the army told CNN on Sunday.

Images from the attack on the camp, which appears to be one of the largest in the West Bank since October 7, show concrete slabs and rubble strewn in the area.

At least 14 people, including a child, were killed in the raid, the Palestinian Health Ministry and the official Wafa news agency said on Saturday.

The Israel Defense Forces said security forces killed 10 “terrorists” and arrested “eight wanted suspects” during a wide-ranging “counter-terrorism” operation, which began on Thursday.

Attacks on Palestinians: Violence in the occupied West Bank has increased during Israel’s war on Gaza.

On Saturday, an ambulance driver from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society was killed when his vehicle was hit by gunfire while transporting Palestinians injured in an attack by settlers in the West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.

Attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians in the occupied territories rose in 2023 to the highest level since the UN began recording data in 2006, Human Rights Watch reported Wednesday.

At least 483 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli settlers or soldiers in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since October 7, according to the health ministry.

Increased violence by extremist settlers has led to more sanctions by the US and the EU.